Contents of the 3DBENCH.DOC file

September 1990 3D BENCHMARK VGA V1.0 ----------------------- A PUBLIC DOMAIN UTILITY BY NEW DIMENSION INTERNATIONAL LTD ----------------------------------------------------------

INTRODUCTION ------------ This software has been placed into the public domain to establish a reference point for comparing the performance of PC compatible VGA systems. The 3D benchmark is arrived at by timing one cycle of a continuous 3-dimensional demonstration and then calculating the average number of screen updates the computer system has achieved in one second (frames per second - fps). The higher the benchmark, the greater the performance.

The benchmark is dependant on a number of factors. These include:

the processor type (eg 80286, 80386, 80486) the speed of the processor the use of cache memory the internal architecture of the PC the bus size of the VGA card (8 or 16 bit) & the efficiency of the VGA card.

(The presence of a floating point co-processor will not affect the result)

This software can be used to compare the performance of similar VGA computer systems when making a buying decision. It can also be used by hardware manufacturers to provide a continuous display during exhibitions or for shop window displays. It may also be bundled with hardware purchases (customised demonstrations and environments can be made to order).

LOADING ------- System Required - PC compatible with VGA Insert the diskette into the current drive and type

3DBENCH

The software will now load and run.

NOTICE ------ This disk is public domain. Free distribution is permitted and encouraged. This software and accompanying documentation relative thereto is supplied by New Dimension International Ltd as proprietors of all Intellectual Property Rights therein and may only be duplicated and freely distributed provided no charge is made and the software thereon is not altered or detached in any way. Public display is permitted.

SUPERSCAPE is a trademark of New Dimension International Ltd.

THE 3D SYSTEM ------------- This benchmark disk has been created using the SUPERSCAPE Alternate Realities System. Environments run in real time and display walk- through 3D graphics, simulating the experience of actually being there. This particular demonstration has not been made interactive, so that the reference point used to create the benchmark is fixed.